March 2021 Watchlist: The TV shows to watch this month
David Farnor | On 09, Mar 2021
Netflix. Amazon Prime Video. BBC iPlayer. NOW. Walter Presents. Apple TV+. There’s so much TV to watch these days in so many places that it can be hard to keep up. Every month, we boil down what’s on the box to the essentials you need in your streaming queue.
We’ve sorted through All The TV to bring you your March watchlist – what’s worth watching and where you can find it online in the UK:
The Bold Type: Season 4
This hugely entertaining series – inspired by the life of Joanna Coles (former Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan) – follow the outrageous lives of those responsible for fictional women’s magazine Scarlet, specifically Jane (Katie Stevens, Faking It), Kat (Aisha Dee, Sweet/Vicious) and Sutton (Meghann Fahy, Miss Sloane), three young women juggling careers, relationships and embracing their identities. Season 1 to 3 aired on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, but after Season 4 was dropped by Amazon, here’s your chance to finally catch up.
The Bold Type S4 UK air date:
When? 1st March (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
The Walking Dead: Season 10, Part 3
AMC’s long-running zombie series returns for six more episodes before Season 11 arrives on our screens at a later date.
TWD S10 P3 UK air date:
When? 1st March (9pm)
What channel? FOX UK
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£9.99 a month)
Available weekly live and on-demand
Your Honor
From the executive producers of The Night Of and based on the original Israeli drama Kvodo, Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) stars in this ten-part, morally complex legal thriller that rips through all levels of New Orleans society. In his first leading role in a television series since the conclusion of Breaking Bad, Cranston plays a respected judge who tries to protect his son after he becomes involved in a hit-and-run, believing he can keep him safe if he tells no one. However, it soon becomes clear that the accident’s victim is a member of a crime family that metes out its own brand of justice. Torn between protecting his son and doing the honourable thing, he is led into to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices. All episodes arrive on-demand at once.
Your Honor UK air date:
When? 2nd March (9pm)
What channel? Sky Atlantic
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£9.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
The Terror: Season 1
AMC’s spooky sea-faring mystery is a grippingly glacial tale of lost hope and chilling dread.
The Terror UK air date:
When? 3rd March (9pm)
What channel? BBC Two
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available all at once on-demand
Pacific Rim: The Black: Season 1
There was a time when Kaiju rose from the Pacific Rim only to encounter gigantic robots, Jaegers, built to fight them back. That time has passed. The series begins as Australia has been overrun by Kaiju, forcing the evacuation of an entire continent. Left behind, teenage siblings Taylor and Hayley embark on a desperate search for their missing parents, teaching themselves to pilot a battered, long-abandoned Jaeger to help in their quest and give them even the slightest hope of surviving.
UK air date:
When? 5th March (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Deutschland 89
The sequel to Deutschland 83 and 86 finally arrives on our screens.
UK air date:
When? 5th March (9pm)
What channel? More4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4 (Walter Presents)
Available all at once on-demand
Dollface: Season 1
After being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Jules (Kat Dennings) must deal with her own imagination to literally and metaphorically reenter the world of women and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
UK air date:
When? 5th March (8.01am)
What channel? Disney+ Star
Watch online in the UK:
Disney+ UK (£5.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
The Great Celebrity Bake Off
James McAvoy and Daisy Ridley are among the famous faces about to pick up a rolling pin and enter the Bake Off tent, as The Great Celebrity Bake Off returns to Channel 4. Across five new episodes 20 stars from the worlds of entertainment, sport, music and film will roll up their sleeves and switch on their mixers to do their bit in support of Stand Up To Cancer. Episode 1 will feature Daisy Ridley, Rob Beckett, Tom Allen and Alexandra Burke competing to impress Prue Leith, Paul Hollywood and Matt Lucas.
UK air date:
When? 9th March (8pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4 (Walter Presents)
Available weekly live and on-demand
The Celebrity Circle
The latest run of the high-tech game begins with a week-long all-celebrity edition, hosted by Emma Willis and with the voiceover of Sophie Willan. For the first time ever, a group of celebrities move into the most famous apartment block in the UK, all in aid of Stand Up To Cancer. Expect twists and turns as these VIPs compete to be crowned The Circle’s most popular celebrity player. Contestants include Denise Van Outen, Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson, Baga Chipz and Duncan James.
UK air date:
When? 9th March (9.15pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4 (Walter Presents)
Available weekly live and on-demand
Last Chance U: Basketball
The award-winning documentary series, originally inspired by a feature article in GQ magazine, returns to focus on a new sport. Over the course of eight episodes, viewers will follow the East Los Angeles College Huskies (ELAC) in their high stakes chase to an unprecedented California state basketball championship. Led by passionate head coach John Mosley, the ELAC team is made up of former D1 recruits and powerhouse athletes hustling to prove themselves for a last chance to fulfill their dreams of playing at the next level. But the team is tested as the players battle adversity, inner demons, and emotions on and off the court.
UK air date:
When? 10th March (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Love in the Time of Corona
Filmed using remote technologies shot in the talents’ actual homes, this four-part, romantic dramedy follows four interwoven stories. James & Sade have spent so much time away from each other due to James’ demanding work life that it’s as if they’re only just starting to get to know each other, juggling being new parents, and beginning to grapple with whether they may be more than just a little out of sync.
UK air date:
When? 12th March (8.01am)
What channel? Disney+ Star
Watch online in the UK:
Disney+ UK (£5.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
The One: Season 1
The One is set five minutes in the future, in a world where a DNA test can find your perfect partner – the one person you’re genetically predisposed to fall passionately in love with. No matter how good your relationship, which one of us can honestly say we haven’t thought about whether there is someone better out there? What if a hair sample is all it takes to find them?
UK air date:
When? 12th March (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Grace
This new crime drama from Endeavour creator Russell Lewis is based on Peter James’ Dead Simple, the debut novel from his award-winning Roy Grace series. John Simm takes the lead role of the tenacious, Brighton-based detective, a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job. A one-off, two-hour drama, another instalment will follow later this year.
UK air date:
When? 14th March (8pm)
What channel? ITV
Watch online in the UK:
ITV Hub (free)
Available live and on-demand
Allen v Farrow
HBO’s four-part documentary arrives on UK TV screens, going behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood’s most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow; their subsequent custody trial; the revelation of Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s adopted daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed. Along with home movie footage, court documents, police evidence and never-before-heard audio tapes, the series includes interviews with Mia Farrow, Dylan Farrow, Ronan Farrow, family friend Carly Simon, prosecutor Frank Maco and relatives.
Allen v Farrow UK air date:
When? 15th March (9pm)
What channel? Sky Documentaries
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£9.99 a month)
Available weekly live and on-demand
Fresh Off the Boat: Season 6
The hit comedy series returns to UK TV screens for its final outing.
UK air date:
When? 18th March (8pm)
What channel? Comedy Central
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£9.99 a month)
Available weekly live and on-demand
The Good Fight: Season 4
The Good Wife spin-off returns for its fourth outing and finds Reddick, Boseman and Lockhart navigating a very different landscape. After they lost their biggest client, Chumhum, and their founding partner’s name was tarnished, Reddick, Boseman and Lockhart are forced to accept an offer by a huge multinational law firm, STR Laurie, to become a small subsidiary.
UK air date:
When? 18th March (9pm)
What channel? More4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4 (Walter Presents)
Available all at once on-demand
Taskmaster: Season 11
Season 11 of the impossibly silly competition welcomes into the arena Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts, BBC One), acclaimed stand-up Jamali Maddix (Hate Thy Neighbour, Vice), BAFTA-winning comic Lee Mack (Not Going Out, BBC One), actor, writer, and comedian Mike Wozniak (Man Down, Channel 4), and BAFTA-nominated actor and comedian Sarah Kendall (Frayed, Sky One).
UK air date:
When? 18th March (9pm)
What channel? Channel 4
Watch online in the UK:
All 4
Available weekly live and on-demand
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka The Falcon, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier. The pair, who came together in the final moments of Avengers: Endgame, team up on a global adventure that tests their abilities — and their patience. The six-episode series also stars Daniel Brühl as Zemo, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, and Wyatt Russell as John Walk.
UK air date:
When? 19th March (8.01am)
What channel? Disney+
Watch online in the UK:
Disney+ UK (£5.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
The Flight Attendant
Kaley Cuoco stars in a story of how an entire life can change in one night. The dark comedic thriller, based on the novel by Chris Bohjalian, stars Cuoco as Cassie Bowden, a New York-based, globe-trotting flight attendant with a devil-may-care attitude and a history of binge drinking, who relishes flying off at a moment’s notice to her next great adventure. But Cassie’s glamorous world is thrown into a tailspin when she wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened. Haunted by the bleak future she faces if she doesn’t clear her name, Cassie scrambles to put together the pieces of a night in Bangkok gone terribly wrong, leading her down a twisted path filled with unsettling discoveries and more than a few illegal escapades.
UK air date:
When? 19th March (9pm)
What channel? Sky One
Watch online in the UK:
Sky / NOW (£9.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Sky Rojo: Season 1 – 19th March
This new series from Álex Pina (Money Heist) follows Coral (Verónica Sánchez), Wendy (Lali Espósito) and Gina (Yany Prado), three women who go on the run in search of freedom while being chased by Romeo (Asier Etxeandia), their pimp from Las Novias Club, and his henchmen, Moisés (Miguel Ángel Silvestre) and Christian (Enric Auquer). Together, the women embark on a frantic, chaotic journey during which they must face dangers of all kinds and live every second as if it were their last, while strengthening their friendship and discovering the most important thing: that together they are stronger and have more options to recover their lives.
UK air date:
When? 19th March (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Formula 1: Drive to Survive: Season 3
Fans will be given unprecedented behind the scenes access to the 2020 F1 season which saw the sport dramatically halted in Australia due to the coronavirus pandemic and make a thrilling restart in Austria later that year.
UK air date:
When? 19th March (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Line of Duty: Season 6
Season 6 of Jed Mercurio’s thrilling cop drama takes us a year and a half on from the events of Season 5, with a brand new case for AC-12, focused on an enigmatic Detective Chief Inspector. Kelly Macdonald will star as the DCI in question – Joanne Davidson – a senior investigating officer on an unsolved murder case. Series leads Vicky McClure, Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar will, of course, all return.
UK air date:
When? 21st March (9pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available weekly live and on-demand
DOTA: Dragon’s Blood: Season 1
A new animated series based on the popular DOTA 2 video-game franchise tells the story of Davion, a renowned Dragon Knight devoted to wiping the scourge from the face of the world. Following encounters with a powerful, ancient eldwurm as well as the noble Princess Mirana on a secret mission of her own, Davion becomes embroiled in events much larger than he could have ever imagined.
UK air date:
When? 25th March (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers – 26th March
Set in present day Minnesota, the Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan Morrow (Brady Noon) is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom, Alex (Lauren Graham), set out to build their own team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of youth sports today. With the help of Gordon Bombay, they rediscover the joys of playing just for love of the game.
UK air date:
When? 26th March (8.01am)
What channel? Disney+
Watch online in the UK:
Disney+ UK (£5.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
The Irregulars: Season 1
This supernatural mystery series will bring a darkness to the fringes of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 19th-century London, where the titular group of misfits work to solve crimes at the behest of Dr Watson and his elusive partner, Sherlock Holmes. As the cases take on a horrifying edge and a dark power emerges, it’ll be up to the gang to come together to save London, each other, and potentially the entire world.
UK air date:
When? 26th March (8.01am)
What channel? Netflix UK
Watch online in the UK:
Netflix UK (£8.99 a month)
Available all at once on-demand
Invincible: Season 1
Robert Kirkman’s adult animates superhero show revolves around 17-year-old Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), who’s just like every other guy his age — except that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man (JK Simmons). But as Mark develops powers of his own, he discovers that his father’s legacy may not be as heroic as it seems.
UK air date:
When? 26th March (00.01am)
What channel? Amazon Prime Video
Watch online in the UK:
Amazon Prime Video (£5.99 a month)
Available weekly on-demand
Keeping Faith: Season 3
Eve Myles returns one last time as Faith Howells, the lawyer, wife and mother who found herself investigating the sudden disappearance of her husband back in Season 1 of the hit Welsh drama. Now, she’s back to take on the case of Madlen Vaughan (Aimee-Ffion Edwards), a local farmer accused of murdering her husband in cold blood, while navigating the fallout of previous seasons. Myles is joined by Celia Imrie (Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV, Dinnerladies, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Matthew Aubrey (Made in Dagenham, The Gospel Of Us), Dame Sian Phillips and Shaun Fletcher. Expect a final chapter in her story that’s as moving as it is gripping.
UK air date:
When? 27th March (9pm)
What channel? BBC One
Watch online in the UK:
BBC iPlayer
Available weekly live and on-demand